| abstract | - Akeem was born as the only child to King Jaffe Joffer and his wife Queen Aeoleon rulers the affluent African country of Zamunda. Although they vast amount of servants at their disposition, Akeem longs to be independent and self-reliant. Akeem cannot even use the bathroom on his own. On his 21st birthday, Akeem is introduced to the woman that his parents arranged for him to marry, Imani Izzi. When Akeem learns that Imani has been taught to do whenever he says, he goes outside with his father to talk. Akeem tries to tell his father he wants to marry an independent woman who likes him for who he is as a person, not as a prince, but his father mistakes it for a vaction. Jaffe then agrees to give 40 days before the wedding. When Akeem and his royal retainer Semmi can't decide whether to go New York or Los Angeles to a find a woman, they flip a Zamundan coin and choose New York, then they decide to go to Queens, mistakenly believing it where they can find a Queen.
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